She traces him from New York City across the dark underbelly of Europe, taking on a new identity to survive in a world of brutal criminal masterminds.
This program includes a bonus interview with the author.Genre: Teen/young adult fiction, Thrillerĭescription: When Gwendolyn Bloom realizes that her father has been kidnapped, she has to take matters into her own hands. The Cruelty is a nominee for the 2018 Edgar Award for best Young Adult book. "his debut novel is relentlessly paced, full of global sets, slick action.with a grim, ass-kicking antihero." - Booklist A grim, fast- paced tale." - Publishers Weekly Seventeen-year-old gymnast Gwendolyn Bloom doesn't learn that her father is a genuine spy?and not merely an overworked State Department employee?until after he is kidnapped by international gangsters, and the CIA makes little attempt to recover him. Bergstrom reverses this plot in his violent, well-crafted first novel. "Liam Neeson's 2008 film Taken concerned a spy who engages in mass mayhem while attempting to recover his kidnapped daughter. This suspensful debut from Scott Bergstrom features a strong female character and nonstop, cinematic action.
Traveling under a new identity, she uncovers a disturbing truth: to bring her father back alive, she must become every bit as cruel as the men holding him captive. When Gwendolyn Bloom's father vanishes, she sets off on a journey she never bargained for. When he goes missing, she's plunged into a world of assassins, spies, and criminal masterminds. Gwendolyn's father kept his life a secret from her.
The Cruelty is an action-packed young adult thriller (optioned for film by Jerry Bruckheimer) about a girl who must train as an assassin to deal with the gangsters who have kidnapped her father.
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